Kids Book Index
Tracey Baptiste
Win “Coal” Keegan has arrived at another foster home, this time with the McKay family. The household is large, loud, and curious about him, and the family wants him to feel welcome. Coal is not yet ready to trust them. He keeps to himself a walk during which he carries chalk and creates art on a nearby street. His new home and his private artwork shape this opening situation.
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Moko Magic: Carnival ChaosTracey BaptisteDuring carnival season in Brooklyn, three cousins discover that they are mokos, protector spirits. The novel draws on Afro-Caribbean inspiration and combines magic and mythology with an action-adventure story. Twelve-year-old Misty has recently moved to Brooklyn with her mother, where strange events and wonders surround the cousins’ discovery. Their new identity as mokos links the cousins to a role of spiritual protection.Teacher Favorites — 6th–8th GradeOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
The Last Rhee WitchJenna Lee-YunRonnie Miller has lived with her father since her mother died when Ronnie was five. The two Korean Americans have not felt very connected to Korean identity, in part because Ronnie’s father was adopted by white parents. A summer camp haunted by a gwishin exposes secrets and unsettles what Ronnie knows. Korean folklore becomes real in this story for Ronnie.Kids Favorites — 6th–8th GradeOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Deadendia: The Divine OrderHamish Steele, illustrated by Hamish SteeleIn the third DeadEndia graphic novel, Barney, Norma, and their friends join unlikely allies in a struggle over the universe’s future. Angels and demons remain at war, while Courtney returns to the angels’ realm with a mission to establish a new Divine Order and a fourteenth plane of existence intended to contain demons. The characters also confront changes in their love lives amid the larger conflict.Teacher Favorites — 6th–8th GradeOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details